While some see the Department of Education as vital to ensure education access and quality, others say it’s a bureaucracy that must be abolished.

A new program that pays Torrington teachers bonuses if they don't use personal or sick days has already used up its $126,000 annual budget in two quarters.

Trump has argued that the DOE should be eliminated because it “indoctrinates America’s youth.” He’s in favor of returning control back to state and local education officials.

Teachers and education advocates gathered in Hartford for the Champions for Public Education Day of Action on March 4.

A lawyer for the state Department of Education has confirmed that an admissions process at Connecticut’s career and technical education system, which denied admission to nearly 160 students in the 2024-25 school year, was a “clear violation of federal and state law.”

The Senate confirmed Connecticut's Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education.

Ms. McMahon, who has little experience in private or public schools, will take over a department that President Trump has already begun to dismantle.